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To Mary From RH Milroy Nov 27 1864

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Yours of the 16th
inst. is read, enclosing copy of an
argreement between McCoy and Thompson
and yourself. I think the agreement is all
right. You can let them hold the note and
mortgage for the protection of our home lot
as long as there is danger, and when that is
past you can have their entire satisfact
ion of the mortgage and give up the notes.

I am glad to hear that Mrs. Northern
is well. I think she is foolish for waiting
on the Govt. to do anything about her
claim for a loss of negroes and property in
Va., I feel pretty sure she will never
get a cent. – I think you are right
about defering the purchase of carriage
horses till Spring. The care of them through
the Winter would be very troublesome to you and
the children besides the expense – and

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Yours of the 16th
inst. is read, enclosing copy of an
argreement between McCoy and Thompson
and yourself. I think the agreement is all
right. You can let them hold the note and
mortgage for the protection of our home lot
as long as there is danger, and when that is
past you can have their entire satisfact
ion of the mortgage and give up the notes.

I am glad to hear that Mrs. Northern
is well. I think she is foolish for waiting
on the Govt. to do anything about her
claim for a loss of negroes and property in
Va., I feel pretty sure she will never
get a cent. – I think you are right
about defering the purchase of carriage
horses till Spring. The care of them through
the Winter would be very troublesome to you and
the children besides the expense – and

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This item is owned by the Jasper County Public Library. Permission to publish or reproduce this item is required and must be obtained from the Director of the Jasper County Public Library, Rensselaer, Indiana. Please visit www.myjcpl.org for more information.